What is the Watercooler?
It's a haven in the middle of a harsh, 9-to-5 world. A place where you can gather with your fellow human beings and bond over a paper cup full of cool refreshment.
All sorts of randomness is welcome here. Post pictures, videos, special Chat information, or just discuss news and current events.
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What is Movie Sign?
Every Sunday night, we nestle down in Chat and watch an episode of the cult TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K for short) while spamming up the Chat box. Don't worry - we use episodes available on streaming sites so that we can all watch simultaneously.
What's MST3K?
A comedy show that ran from 1988-1999, it's like watching a movie with running commentary. Joel Robinson or Mike Nelson, along with 'bots Tom Servo and Crow, are forced to watch terrible films as part of a mad scientist's bid for world domination. To keep their (and our) sanity, they talk back to the movies and riff on them. A more detailed explanation can be found up at the SoL.
Next Episode
We head back to our origins with Mighty Jack, the story of an organization of the same name that exists to combat "the organization known as Q". Bent on world domination ('cause who isn't these days), Q kidnaps Harold Atari, a top Mighty Jack agent. After being rescued by his friends, the movie turns to Q's evil freeze ray and just kinda snowballs from there.
Host Segment Highlights
PANIC! PANIC! PAAAANIIIIIIC!
Wanting their hand in the advertising field, Tom and Crow create Mighty Jack Dog Food - high in protein, low in sodium! Then they switch careers to the evil side by training to brainwash Joel ala the movie, but holy snap is Robinson smart. Later, Joel goes a bit off the deep end to prove he himself is weird and nutty, but it ends up freaking out the 'bots more than anything else. The crew wraps it up by singing a plot shanty entitled "Slow the Plot Down".
Come join us! We don't bite, promise. Movie starts at 8PM EST/5PM PST, room opens at the :30 beforehand.
The password for the room is: atari. Get a head start on loading and find the video segments here.
Onwards MOVIE SIGN goes with...
5/24 - Episode 807 - Terror from the Year 5000
5/31 - Episode 405 - Being From Another Planet
Next Meeting: May 16, 2009, at 10:00 PM Eastern (7:00 PM Pacific)
Next Episodes: Ichigo Mashimaro encore ep1-2 / Kanon (2006) ep15-16
Chat Password: snowman
About the Anime Club
The Anime Club is a weekly room in theOtaku's community chat where we meet to have fun laughing, crying, heckling, and spazzing together while watching a few episodes of anime. Rather than watching mainstream shows, however, we pick out good, yet lesser-known anime as an opportunity for people to enjoy new shows. Streaming links are usually provided for those without a copy of the anime.
Current Anime
Ichigo Mashimaro (aka Strawberry Marshmallow) is a comedy/slice of life with 17 episodes (12 ep. TV series, 3 ep. OVA, 2 ep. encore OVA) about sixth-grader Itou Chika (Chiba Saeko), her three friends Matsuoka Miu (Orikasa Fumiko), Sakuragi Matsuri (Kawasumi Ayako) and Ana Coppola (Noto Mamiko), and her big sister Itou Nobue (Nabatame Hitomi). It follows the day-to-day lives of the girls as they play, fight, argue, and work together, often with cute and hilarious results. There's no real story to speak of but the girls' overflowing adorableness will keep you smiling and the show's mix of conversational and slapstick humor will keep you laughing the whole way through.
Click to watch the opening and prologue.
Kanon (2006) is a 24 episode comedy/drama about Aizawa Yuuichi (Sugita Tomokazu), a boy in high school who, due to family circumstances, goes to live with his aunt, Minase Akiko, and cousin, Minase Nayuki (Kouda Mariko). It's been seven years since he visited and his memories of the city have since faded, but upon meeting Tsukimiya Ayu (Horie Yui) and other girls from his past, they slowly begin to return. The lighthearted comedy while Yuuichi teases the girls will make you laugh and the heartbreaking drama of traumatic events from both past and present will make you cry as the story unfolds.
Click to watch the opening.
Schedule
Date...........Ichigo Mashimaro........Kanon (2006)
Mar. 28........ep01-02....................ep01-02
Apr. 04........ep03-04....................ep03-04
Apr. 11........ep05-06....................ep05-06
Apr. 18........ep07-08....................ep07-08
Apr. 25........ep09-10....................ep09-10
May 02........ep11-12....................ep11-12
May 09........OVA ep1-3.................ep13-14
May 16........encore ep1-2..............ep15-16
Future Anime
As if it's any surprise, we'll be watching The Vision of Escaflowne in place of Ichigo Mashimaro starting next week on May 23. Below is the schedule through when Kanon ends.
Date.............Escaflowne..........Kanon (2006)
May 23..........ep01-02...............ep17-18
May 30..........ep03-04...............ep19-20
June 06.........ep05-06...............ep21-22
June 13.........ep07-08...............ep23-24
After that we'll have nine weeks of Escaflowne left, and we'll be voting again soon for another anime to watch with it during that time. Incidentally, Genshiken, its OAV, and the Kujibiki Unbalance OAV would fit that time slot perfectly...
This is what came out:
(You will want to listen to this as loud as you can; no wimping out)
